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Submitted by Robert Giacobbe
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Bm
Ribbons of love
ABm
please keep me true sane
EmBm
until I reach home on the morrow
BmABm
never never to wander again
EmBm
I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow
D
London to Dublin
ABm
Australia to Perth
Em
I gazed at your sky
GBm
I tasted your earth
G
sung out my heart
ABm
for what it was worth
EmBm
never again shall I ramble
..progression is the same for the rest of the song (verse-chorus-verse-chorus..)
There's nowhere left
in this world where to go
my arms, my legs they're a-tremblin'
thoughts both clouded and blue as the sky
not even worth the rememberin'
Now as I stumble
and reel to my bed
all that I've done
all that I've said
means nothin' to me
I'd soon as be dead
all of this world be forgotten
No words of comfort
no words of advice
nothin' to offer a stranger
gone the love, gone the spite
it just doesn't matter no longer
My sky's getting far
the ground's gettin' close
my self goin' crazy
the way that it does
I'll lie on my pillow
and sleep if I must
Too late to wish I'd been stronger
too late to wish I'd been stronger
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Submitted by John Kearney
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I've been playing this song real regular since Jan. 1. I do it a bit
different from what Robert has posted, so here goes:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/van_zandt_townes/a_song_for_crd.html ]
capo 2nd fret, chords shown are as if no capo was used. ie: Am = Bm, C = D,
etc.
A Song For
Townes Van Zandt
AmGAm
Ribbons of love please keep me true sane
FCAm
until I reach home on the morrow
AmGAm
never never to wander again
FCAm
I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow
CGAm
London to Dublin, Australia to Perth
FCAm
I gazed at your sky, I tasted your earth
FCAm
sung out my heart for what it was worth
GAm
never again shall I ramble
The rest is as Robert wrote:
>...progression is the same for the rest of the song
> (verse-chorus-verse-chorus..)
>
>There's nowhere left
>in this world where to go
>my arms, my legs they're a-tremblin'
>thoughts both clouded and blue as the sky
>not even worth the rememberin'
>
>Now as I stumble
>and reel to my bed
>all that I've done
>all that I've said
>means nothin' to me
>I'd soon as be dead
>all of this world be forgotten
>
>No words of comfort
>no words of advice
>nothin' to offer a stranger
>gone the love, gone the spite
>it just doesn't matter no longer
>
>My sky's getting far
>the ground's gettin' close
>my self goin' crazy
>the way that it does
>I'll lie on my pillow
>and sleep if I must
>Too late to wish I'd been stronger
>too late to wish I'd been stronger
Remember, there's more than one way to play a song. The right way is what
works for you. ;-)
Townes wrote a lot of songs. I think he wrote this one for himself.
Thanks Townes...
jk
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